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A hospital in Virginia has stopped treatment of a boy suffering from Niemann-Pick disease after his mother used CBD oil to help with his seizures, even though it is legal in the state. Kaden Hartman has been denied life-saving medical treatment after his mother used legal CBD oil to help with his seizures. Unfortunately, it’s not…

The biggest cities in the world stand to make a lot of money from marijuana legalization. That’s the takeaway from an economic study cultivation tech company Seedo published following the 2018 Cannabis Price Index detailing the cost of marijuana. It looks at marijuana use, legality, cost, and calculates the potential taxes in 120 cities across the world.…

Canadian officials have green-lighted a plan to convert a gargantuan tomato greenhouse for cannabis cultivation. Health Canada issued a cannabis cultivation license for the 1.1 million-square-foot greenhouse operated by the joint venture of produce grower Village Farms International Inc. and medical cannabis firm Emerald Health Therapeutics Inc., the companies announced Monday. “Growing any agricultural crop…

Employers are struggling to hire workers in tightening U.S. job market. Marijuana is now legal in nine states and Washington, D.C., meaning more than one in five American adults can eat, drink, smoke or vape as they please. The result is the slow decline of pre-employment drug tests, which for decades had been a requirement…

The Nevada adult-use cannabis market has only existed for half a year, but sales have already exceeded $195 million, netting the state over $30 million in tax revenue. There’s no uncertainty when it comes to the numbers: Nevada’s adult use legalization has meant a quick infusion of revenue for the state — over $30 million…

In Canada’s new federal budget, the country set up a tax framework that would tax adult-use and medical cannabis at the same high level. Medical marijuana patients in the Great White North are fuming after learning the Canadian government included medical marijuana taxes in its federal budget. In the budget released on Monday, Feb. 26,…

A Texas baseball coach is looking for a new dugout after discriminating against recruits from Colorado over the state’s marijuana laws. Colorado baseball prospect Gavin Bell loves the game. On one social media account, he lists his location as “wherever the field is.” Being the proactive young man, like many other high school prospects, he…

The most conservative state to approve legal cannabis in 2016 is already facing problems. Just five growers will produce the marijuana for 32 dispensaries — and it may take another year for the first patient to receive a dose medicine. Most government meetings don’t attract attention. They certainly don’t attract crowds, not like the gang…

In a sure sign of changing times, the first cannabis-industry business has been listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange — raising questions about how long federal prohibition can hang on in the face of a burgeoning economic sector. On Feb. 26, a Toronto-based medical marijuana investment group won approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…

While the American cannabis industry deals with both unparalleled opportunity and new risks, Europe is setting itself up for a spring that is going to be verdant. The ongoing drumbeat for reform in countries across the continent is bringing both money and high-grade medical product into the market. Even if volume is still really at…

Across the country, there is a patchwork of regulatory requirements that vary from state to state. Regulations focus on limiting microbial impurities (such as mold) present in cannabis in order for consumers to receive a safe product. When cultivators in Colorado and Nevada submit their cannabis product to laboratories for testing, they are striving to…